diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eaf6952b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    authors:
+      - mongodb-php-bot
+      - dependabot[bot]